Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/May 2014

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= May 1 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 1

1. Shakespeare and Olde English
2. How many examples are there in the Chinese language that personify nature? (i.e. 月亮姑姑, 老天爷)

= May 2 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 2

1. Linguistic evolution of the name singapura

= May 3 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 3

1. Inuit = people
2. Thai translations.
3. Efficent Language

= May 4 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 4

1. What does 'You're done!' mean?
2. ’grammer grammar

= May 5 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 5

1. What is the difference between ascribe and prescribe?
2. Parerga and Paralipomena
3. Is it fair to say that English evolved from Latin?
4. Traditional instruction in Latin
5. I want to acknowledge...
6. Bible passages

= May 6 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 6

1. Time allowed for dialogue during episodes/movies
2. Correct or incorrect "if you want a garden waste bin delivering" - and which is right ?
3. Latin word
4. What does "sujeño" mean?

= May 8 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 8

1. We provide business solutions!
2. Meat of a fish
3. Slang word for military informant
4. Spelling with homophones
5. GB - UK?

= May 9 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 9

1. What's in a name? Translation and proper English use question.

= May 10 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 10

1. Laudatory words
2. Do I rule OK?
3. Usage of Latin letters in other alphabets

= May 11 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 11

1. Ukraine / the Ukraine ?
2. the meaning of "and"
3. Malay mottoes in Jawi
4. Help with Korean word
5. Is there a better word than "homophagy"?
6. Word for "study of the sun"?

= May 12 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 12

1. Chinese help: tone of Chinese name of Fantawild
2. Which human languages should aspiring software developers learn?

= May 14 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 14

1. H, Х, and Г

= May 15 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 15

1. Characters from idioms or sayings?
2. Transliterated English words in Japanese
3. "To hope itself" and "piontwxq"
4. money / monies

= May 17 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 17

1. Tsunami

= May 18 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 18

1. Names starting Dd

= May 19 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 19

1. Spanish diphthongs followed by vowel
2. Copyright in Translations
3. Punctuation
4. Can anyone recommend a resource...

= May 20 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 20

1. What does "All was frozen in limbo" mean here?
2. Double negative in music

= May 21 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 21

1. mne
2. troll as an Internet slang word
3. Tizi n'Tichka , berber

= May 22 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 22

1. Chinese help
2. Polish word "żółć"

= May 24 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 24

1. Treasure Island
2. Hungarian translation
3. Japanese help: Names of organizations

= May 26 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 26

1. fructus est fullonius

= May 27 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 27

1. interpretation question
2. "Not like it wasn’t the first time."
3. Chinese versions of English names

= May 28 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 28

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Politically correct term for Indian/Pakistani people?
3. How common is the "in the year of our Lord" phrase in present American use?
4. Possible entomology connection for the word fuck
5. Expatriate, migrant, or immigrant?

= May 29 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 29

1. The city is a container that holds a stage for challenges and embraces in daily life.
2. translating wikipedia page

= May 30 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 30

1. Preferred pronouns in non-English languages
2. Korean solfeggio
3. artificial languages
4. aluminum
5. Meaning of a sentence

= May 31 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 31

1. Chinese tones
2. Would you say this the same way?
3. Non-verbal languages
4. Possessive grammar issue
5. Word most liable to cause offense